Connecticut

HARTFORD -- Voter turnout dipped slightly this year from the last presidential election four years ago, but Connecticut still had one of the top showings in the nation.

Some 74 percent of registered voters cast ballots in the Nov. 6 elections for president, Congress and state legislature, Secretary of the State Denise Merrill reported Wednesday.

This is down from 78 percent in 2008.

Merrill speculated that Superstorm Sandy was partly responsible for the decline in voter turnout. She also questioned whether the negative tone of the campaign advertising possibly played a role, too.

Still, the state ranked seventh nationally in terms of voter turnout, Merrill said.

In Connecticut, the town of Bridgewater had the highest turnout, at 94.7 percent. The town of Washington ranked fourth, with 83.5 percent. The other top five included West Hartford, Ridgefield and Granby.

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